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The co-editors Michael Boehringer (University of Waterloo) and Susanne Hochreiter (Universität Wien) invite contributions on the topic:

Zeitenwende: Österreichische Literatur seit dem Millennium, 2000-2010

for an edited volume to be published with an Austrian publisher, scheduled to appear late 2010/early 2011.

Fin-de-siècle Austrian literature has been widely been recognized as a key period in German-language literature for its innovation both in terms of form and content, reflecting the rapid social, economic and technological changes at the turn of the century.

The envisioned volume intends to provide a first scholarly overview of Austrian literature of the New Millennium. How do both established and new Austrian authors engage with the political, cultural, economical, and technological changes associated with the first decade of the 21st century? Are there dominant themes and topics to be detected in the Austrian literature of the last decade? Summary treatments of one or more authors or one or more works are equally welcome, but the focus of the essays should be on the first decade of this millennium.

Please send inquiries, expressions of interest in form of a 500-word abstract, contact information, and a short biographical outline to either editor. Submissions are accepted in either German or English. Final essays should range between 15-25 pages (30,000-45,000 characters).

Deadline for Abstracts: October 1, 2009

Notification of Acceptance: November 1, 2009

Deadline for Final Essays: June 1, 2010

Michael Boehringer
Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1
Canada
mboehrin@uwaterloo.ca

Susanne Hochreiter
Institut für Germanistik
Universität Wien
Dr. Karl Lueger-Ring 1
A-1010 Wien
susanne.hochreiter@univie.ac.at
Call for Contributions

Die HerausgeberInnen Michael Boehringer (University of Waterloo) und Susanne Hochreiter (Universität Wien) laden Sie ein, Beiträge für einen Sammelband zu folgendem Thema einzusenden:

Zeitenwende: Österreichische Literatur seit dem Millennium, 2000-2010.

Die österreichische Literatur zur Wende vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert gilt als zentrale Phase in der deutschsprachigen Literatur sowohl wegen ihrer formalen Innovationen als auch wegen der darin verhandelten Themen wie Psychologie, Sexualität, Religion oder ethnischer Zugehörigkeiten.

Der nun geplante Band soll einen ersten wissenschaftlichen Überblick über österreichische Literatur des neuen Millenniums geben. Inwiefern beschäftigen sich sowohl etablierte als auch jüngere AutorInnen mit den politischen, kulturellen, ökonomischen und technologischen Entwicklungen zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts? Gibt es dominante Themen und Motive in der Literatur der letzten zehn Jahre? Auseinandersetzungen mit einem Werk, mit eine/r/m AutorIn oder zusammenfassende Darstellungen mehrerer Werke und AutorInnen sind gleichermaßen willkommen, aber der Fokus der Beiträge sollte auf der ersten Dekade des Millenniums liegen.

Der Band wird bei einem österreichischen Verlag spätestens im Frühjahr 2011 erscheinen.

Bitte senden Sie Ihre Vorschläge in Form eines Abstracts (500 Wörter) zusammen mit einer Kontaktinformation und einer akademischen Kurzbiografie an die HerausgeberInnen. Sowohl englische als auch deutsche Einreichungen sind willkommen! Der Beitrag selbst sollte einen Umfang von 15 bis 25 Seiten (30.000-45.000 Zeichen) haben.

Abgabetermin für Abstracts: 1. Oktober 2009

Zu- oder Absage seitens der HerausgeberInnen: 1. November 2009

Abgabetermin für die fertigen Beiträge: 1. Juni 2010

Michael Boehringer
Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1
Canada
mboehrin@uwaterloo.ca

Susanne Hochreiter
Institut für Germanistik
Universität Wien
Dr. Karl Lueger-Ring 1
A-1010 Wien
susanne.hochreiter@univie.ac.at

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS) invites applications for a contract instructor in German. This contract appointment is for 8 months, September 2009 – April 2010, with possibility of renewal, teaching six courses during the appointment. Please visit the University of Alberta Careers website for details and application information: http://www.careers.ualberta.ca under Academic Staff, Faculty of Arts and Instructional. Inquiries may be addressed to Dolores Wohland at dolores.wohland@ualberta.ca or 780-492-1997.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons.

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German Women’s Writing in its European Context, 1700-1900 (Women Writers of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Conference Series) Thursday, 25 and Friday, 26 November 2010 Venue: Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London Co-Ordinators: Hilary Brown (Swansea University) and Caroline Bland (Sheffield University) Keynote speakers: Norbert Bachleitner (Vienna), Magdalene Heuser (Osnabrück/Berlin), Susanne Kord (London) CALL FOR PAPERS Proposals are invited for a two-day conference to be held at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies[IGRS] , University of London, on 25 and 26 November 2010. This is one in a series of day schools and conferences on women [...]

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University of London School of Advanced Study INGEBORG BACHMANN CENTRE AT THE INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC & ROMANCE STUDIES

6th International Postgraduate Conference on Current Research in Austrian Literature Thursday, 4 – Friday, 5 June 2009 Co-Ordinator: Martin Liebscher (IGRS, London) Programme

Thursday, 4 June Room ST 273, Senate House, Malet Street, WC1 10.00 Welcome 10.05 MATTHIAS MANSKY (Vienna): Josephinische Italienblicke. Zu Cornelius von Ayrenhoffs Briefe über Italien 10.35 Discussion 10.45 Coffee 11.15 VERENA VORTISCH (Berlin): Eine Welt des Spiels. Zum Komödienbegriff von Arthur Schnitzler 11.45 RACHEL HARLAND (Oxford): The Aesthetics of Dislocation in Veza Canetti’s Die Schildkröten 12.15 MANYA ELRICK [...]

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University of London School of Advanced Study INGEBORG BACHMANN CENTRE AT THE INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC & ROMANCE STUDIES

Thursday 4 June 7 – 9.30 p.m.

Gabriele Petricek Reading

Venue: the Austrian Cultural Forum, 28 Rutland Gate, London SW7

Gabriele Petricek was born in 1957 in Krems an der Donau. She trained as a fashion designer, then moved into marketing and journalism, writing for the ‘Neue Zürcher Zeitung’, the ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’ and the ‘Wiener Zeitung’, before turning to creative writing. Petricek’s collection of short stories, ‘Zimmerfluchten’ (2005), is an outstanding example of sensitive and considered use of language. To the author, [...]

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The American Friends of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach award a travel grant of $1,500 for Ph.D. candidates in the field of German Studies to work in the Deutsches Literaturachiv Marbach (www.dla-marbach.de). Please submit a 1-2 page project description which should include a brief statement about the relevance of the holdings of the DLA for your project, a current C.V. and one letter of recommendation from the dissertation advisor to Professor Meike Werner, Department of Germanic and Slavic at Vanderbilt University (meike.werner@vanderbilt.edu) by March 1, 2010. The decision will be announced by end of March 2010.

If you need any further information, please contact:

Dr. Meike Werner
Assoc. Prof. of German and European Studies
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37212
e-meil: meike.werner@vanderbilt.edu

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> >From: “Elisabeth Herrmann” >Subject: CFP: Conceptualizations, Representations, and Social > Practices of [In]Tolerance in German Culture and Literature > >Call for Submissions for a Special Issue of Seminar: A Journal of >Germanic Studies > >”Embracing the Other: Conceptualizations, Representations, and Social >Practices of [In]Tolerance in German Culture and Literature” > > >Guest Editors: > >Florentine Strzelczyk, University of Calgary, Canada > >Elisabeth Herrmann, University of Alberta, Canada > > >We are inviting submissions for a special theme issue of Seminar: A >Journal of German Studies that will explore the concepts and practices >of tolerance in German culture [...]

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REMINDER!

> CALL FOR PAPERS > > WIGS 21st Annual Conference > Saturday 7th November 2009 > University of Birmingham > > Abstracts (c.150 words) for papers on any topic within German Studies are invited. > > We are planning to run a half-day workshop for postgraduate students on Friday 6th November, further details to follow in due course. > > Please send abstracts to: > Joanne Sayner (J.Sayner@bham.ac.uk) by May 29th 2009. > > >

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Colloque Bonne Fête “BRD” : Regards croisés sur six décennies d’émerveillement / Happy Birthday “BRD” : Transatlantic Reflections on Six Decades full of Wonder
21 au 23 mai 2009, au Centre canadien d’études allemandes et européennes, Université de Montréal
Organized by Till van Rahden, Canada Research Chair for German and European Studies, Université de Montréal
In collaboration with Marcus Funck, The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, York University, the German General Consulate, (…)

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Conférence donnée par le Professeur Jens Reich et organisée en collaboration avec le Goethe-Institut.
La conférence aura lieu au Goethe-Institut.
Jens Reich was born in Göttingen in 1939. A molecular biologist and essayist, Jens Reich was one of the key figures in the civil rights movement of the GDR in the 1980ies. In September 1989 he was one of the signatories of the paper calling for the establishment of the “Neues Forum” grass root movement whose activities led to the overthrow of the (…)